Greg Curnoe’s self-portraits are a pictorial diary. This life-sized, full-length self-portrait from early in Curnoe’s career is an example of his signature style, a style with affinities to American and British Pop art, yet Curnoe’s own. The words “LOVE DOESN’T LAST VERY LONG BUT THINKING ABOUT IT DOES” appear across the top, the statement of a young man infatuated with women. Here Curnoe exudes a brash, youthful self-confidence.
Personal, Local, and National: Greg Curnoe’s Vision
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Greg Curnoe, Myself Walking North in the Tweed Coat, 1963
Oil on plywood, 183.2 x 122.2 cm, Vancouver Art Gallery